CLEAN SHEET: The key points of the project discussed in deputies

In detail, the proposal promoted by the ruling party seeks to prevent them from being candidates for public office who have convictions – confirmed in the second instance – for crimes against public administration. In this way, the project proposes the incorporation of a subsection in an article of the Organic Law of Political Parties.

What does the clean file project say the government drives

At present, the Law 23,298, of political parties already limits those who can be candidates for elective positions. In detail, the list is composed of “those excluded from the electoral roll as a result of current legal provisions” The criteria for excluding people from the electoral roll is set in the National Electoral Code, which excludes the “Condemned by malicious crimes to deprivation of liberty“As long as the conviction lasts. In addition, the superior and subaltern staff of the Armed and Security Forces are also excluded, the magistrates, the managers of public services concessionaires and the persons with processing or condemnation for crimes against humanity.

These prohibitions alone They run when the criminal conviction is firm, that is, when There are no resources pending resolution in the Argentine Justice.

The majority opinion of the ruling project seeks Incorporate an subsection In bliss Organic Law of Political Parties To extend your scope. Thus, it establishes to incorporate article 33 of said law the prohibition to candidate for persons convicted by:

• The crime of fraud to the detriment of the public administration contemplated in the Article 174, subsection 5 of the Criminal Code of the Argentine Nation;
• The crimes provided for in chapters VI – bribery and influence peddling, VII – Malversation of public flows, VIII – negotiations incompatible with the exercise of public functions, IX – illegal accusations, IX bis – Illicit enrichment of officials and employees and XIII – Unemployment , all of them contemplated in Title XI – Crimes against Public Administration, of the Second Book of the Criminal Code of the Argentine Nation; and
• All other malicious crime against the administration that entails enrichment that is arranged in accordance with the provisions of article 36 of the National Constitution. “

It should be noted that another important point of the project is that the exclusion no longer requires a final sentence of the person, but also reaches with a Confirmed condemnation in the second instance. In the case of the Federal Justiceis the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation.

After the latest modifications, the project provides for the subsection to be applied only in those cases in which the conviction is confirmed by a judicial body of higher instance, until its eventual revocation or compliance with the corresponding penalty, and as long as the confirmation of The condemnation occurs with prior to the beginning of the term established in article 25 of the National Electoral Code. According to the same, the Provisional standards They must be presented 180 days before the general election.

If the confirmation of the sentence in higher instance was produced after that period, The prohibition will have an effect from the end of the electoral process. The inelegability will govern from the date of the sentence, except for the provisions of the previous paragraph, until its eventual revocation or until the corresponding penalty.

In addition, the project also stipulates the creation of a Public Clean Card Where “the sentences issued in the terms of the first article, their possible revocations and the identifying data of the persons achieved by said sentences” will be recorded.

Clean file: Deputies debate the average sanction of the official opinion

The ruling He achieved the quorum – with 129 deputies present – in the lower houseAnd, in this way, the session began to discuss the project of CLEAN SHEET LAWa project promoted by the government after having locked the debate of a similar proposal of the PRO in December 2024. Legislators are expected to vote at 8 pm on Wednesday, after 10 hours of debate.

The session broke out after the ruling will accept to modify the opinion after an emergency meeting in Martín Menem’s office with dialoguist deputies. Thus, the so -called “Petri clause” that proposed that only those convicted in the second instance could be candidate in the year before the elections.

The session provides for the development of 6 10 -minute opinions, the use of the word of 21 blocks with more than 50 speakers and privilege issues.